Abstract:
:In a study conducted in 11 health care settings for elderly patients, we demonstrated a significant negative correlation between the proportion of glove use outside any risk of exposure to body fluids and compliance with hand hygiene (P < .02). This result underscores a major limitation of strategies for controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria that recommend systematic glove use for each contact with carriers or their environment.
journal_name
Am J Infect Controljournal_title
American journal of infection controlauthors
Eveillard M,Joly-Guillou ML,Brunel Pdoi
10.1016/j.ajic.2011.05.008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-05-01 00:00:00pages
387-8issue
4eissn
0196-6553issn
1527-3296pii
S0196-6553(11)00830-3journal_volume
40pub_type
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doi:
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